A Sioux Falls man charged with pimping and drug possession has been sentenced by the state and federal courts.

Jaquon Nathaniel Duckworth, 26, was sentenced in Minnehaha County on Monday to suspended penitentiary time to run concurrent with his federal sentence of almost two years in federal custody.

Duckworth was initially charged in December 2017 with pimping, promoting prostitution, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. He pleaded guilty in federal court to transporting a person with the intent to have that person engage in prostitution or a criminal sexual activity. He was sentenced to spend almost two years in federal custody on that charge.

As part of the plea deal, the charges of pimping and promoting prostitution were dropped.

The state sentence of suspended penitentiary time is to run concurrent with his federal sentence. He was given credit for the 57 days of time he served in the county jail before being transferred to federal custody. He will be under supervised release for five years after his federal sentence release.

Duckworth was accused of transporting one adult female to Milwaukee from Sioux Falls for the purposes of prostitution in 2017. He arranged for two meetings, court documents say. Duckworth is originally from Milwaukee.

He told his probation officer in December 2017 he was going to visit family in Wisconsin and was going to be traveling alone, but instead had the victim in the vehicle with him, violating his supervised release. Another violation of his supervised release was the use of the internet without proper monitoring software when he used the internet to arrange the meeting. He also had a firearm.

Authorities in Sioux Falls executed a search warrant on his home and found more than $3,000 in cash, a gun and a jewelry bag with meth residue in a safe.

Duckworth has a history of pimping and trafficking-related charges.

At the time of his December 2017 arrest, Duckworth was under supervised release for a similar charge he was convicted of in 2015. He was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for transporting for prostitution.

He also has a previous conviction of pimping and promoting prostitution in Sioux Falls and two previous charges in Minnesota, in Rochester and Worthington. At least two cases involve a member of his family, according to court documents.

Duckworth's sister, Lavon Shante Jones, was also charged in the December 2017 incident. She was indicted on prostitution and marijuana possession charges, and pleaded not guilty. No court appearances are scheduled.